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Mar 15, 2021 · In 2014, ISIL captured Deir az Zor, an oil-rich governorate located in the east of the country bordering Iraq. The main city was taken by Syrian government forces with help from the SDF in ...
Syria has produced heavy-grade oil from fields located in the northeast since the late 1960s. In the early 1980s, light-grade, low-sulphur oil was discovered near Dayr al-Zur in eastern Syria. Syria's rate of oil production has been decreasing steadily, from a peak close to 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 1995 down to approximately 425,000 bpd in 2005.
Jul 10, 2017 · Modern-day Syria, a country located in the Middle East on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, is one of the most ancient inhabited regions on Earth. The oldest human remains found in Syria date ...
Damascus, Syria. Damascus , Arabic Dimashq , City (pop., 2004: 1,614,500), capital of Syria. Located at an oasis at the base of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, it has been an important population centre since antiquity. Believed to be among the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, it has evidence of occupation from the 4th millennium bce.
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes. / 37.166; 37.032. On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC ), a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was 37 km (23 mi) west–northwest of Gaziantep. [2] The earthquake had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII ( Extreme) around the epicenter and in ...
Sep 2, 2020 · Syria’s land boundaries stretch across 2,253 kilometers. Its borders with Turkey are 822 kilometers, with Iraq 605 kilometers, and with Jordan and Lebanon 375 kilometers. Its border with Israel, which is officially still at war, is only 76 kilometers. Syria’s surface equals 185,180 square kilometers, including the 1,295 square kilometers of ...
Sep 13, 2018 · Syria is divided into three geographical regions; coastal plains, upland area, and eastern plateaus. The largest lake in Syria is a dam that was built on the Euphrates River in 1973 known as Lake Assad. The highest point in the country is the summit of Mount Hermon (9,232 feet), located on the Lebanese border. Road to Independence
